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Mardi Gras is next week already and while I may not be attending it is a great excuse to enjoy some Southern cooking! That being said it was the perfect time to pull out this recipe for blackened shrimp mashed sweet potatoes with andouille cream that I came across on Our Life in Food a not too long ago and was saving for a special occasion. Andouille sausage is an amazing ingredient in Southern cuisine and I have been into it ever since I came across it! The andouille cream or gravy in this recipe sounded absolutely delightful and combine that with the tasty blackened shrimp and you have a complete winner! Normally I would think that the andouille cream and blackened shrimp would be served on grits but I liked the idea of serving them on the creamy mashed sweet potatoes like this. The only thing that was missing was some vegetables and I went for some winter greens in the form of blanched kale for a complete tasty meal in one bowl.

This is a delightful dish, indeed! I absolutely adore southern cooking and love Andouille sausage. I wish I was in New Orleans for Mardi Gras - who can beat the good food and lovely time one has there! :D

Kevin, I'm in love with this dish! The color you achieved on the shrimp is amazing and I really want to try this with those sweet potatoes... I have featured this post in today's Friday Food Fetish roundup. Let me know if you have any objections and thanks for the inspiration

I made this two nights ago. This is one of the best dishes I've ever eaten! The contrast between the cajun shrimp and sweet potatoes with cinnamon went so well together. And the andouille sauce was so rich and flavorfull! Can't say enough good things about this one! THANK YOU

Made this dish minus the kale for my boyfriend for Valentine's Day. It was amazing. The Andouille sauce is to die for and the sweet potatoes went amazingly well with the shrimp. Love, love, love this. Thank you Kevin!

Kevin came across this link looking for shrimp and kale on google. I was so inspired by your picture and dish that I made my own rendition with whatever was in my pantry. Hubby and I cooked up oat bran with pumpkin puree seasoned with cumin, thai red chili paste, cinnamon and some sugar. Kale was sautéd with some spicy peanut sauce and shrimp were fried with some turmeric and thai red curry paste ( could have used a bit of chili powder but next time). Our meal looked a lot like your picture but with a whole different thai twist. Thank you again for making a boring weeknight meal exciting and delicious.

Let me start by saying this is the first comment I've left about any recipe and there have been many, many recipes. This. Was. Amazing. Amazing. My husband raved about it but I hate he wasn't home when I made it because the aromatics of the sausage/veggies/wine/cream were heavenly. I doubled the amount of sweet potato because I'm a sweet potato addict.This dish will be made again and again! Fine dining restaurant quality, thank you!

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I came to realize that my meals were boring and that I had been eating the same few dishes over and over again for years. It was time for a change! I now spend my free time searching for, creating and trying tasty new recipes in my closet sized kitchen.